Arrested the former Vatican number three after his conviction for pedophilia – 27/02/2019

The arrest of Australian Cardinal George Pell, which took place on Wednesday, and his impending prison sentence, to be announced on March 13 they put the whole church in suspense because it means a blow to the Argentine pope, who did it number three at the Vatican while he knew that in Australia he was the subject of an investigation and was charged with badual abuse of minors and protection of pedophile priests.

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In the Vatican, the pontifical spokesman, Alessandro Gissotti, announced on Thursday that "Cardinal Pell is no longer the Secretary of the Economy" of the Vatican, created in 2014 by the Argentine pope to regularize the accounts and finances of the Holy See. Pell had already been expelled from the Council of Nine Cardinals (there are only six) who help Francisco govern the Church. The pontiff did not renew the mandate that he had won.

Three days ago also expired the five-year term for the post of prefect of the Strategic Secretariat of the Economy, which Pell ruled with very broad powers that account for the nickname "zar" of the economic zone of the # 39; s Church. In 2017, the Australian cardinal obtained a license from the pope to defend himself against accusations of personal pedophilia with minors and protector of pedophile priests, who led him to prison yesterday.

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The court rendered the verdict of guilty in December, but only on Tuesday, the decision was known. Cardinal Pell was convicted of five crimes for the rape of two teenagers aged 12 and 13 and badual violence on four other minors. On March 13, the Melbourne court will hear the sentence for the five crimes. For each of them, the maximum sentence is ten years in prison, said Cardinal Pell. could be sentenced to a total of 50 years in prison at 77 years old.

A novelty that will increase the deterioration of the prestige of the Church in Australia is the announcement of the father of one of the victims of Cardinal Pell who will sue the former Archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney , the two main cities of the country, after the death of his son. for an accidental overdose of heroin in 2014, at age 31. The name of the victim or the name of his father are not known by court order. The deceased was 12 years old and was one of the children of the St. Patrick's Cathedral choir in Melbourne when he was raped by Archbishop Pell. Another child of the choir was also a victim of a violation of the high prelate pedophile.

The lawyers of the father of the deceased victim stated that it was very common for victims of badual abuse to use drugs. "The more we start talking about this," they said, "the more secure the children will be."

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Another serious problem in Australia is that police and justice are investigating the behavior of Bishop Benedict Coleridge, archbishop of Brisbane, president of the conference of bishops. There are specific allegations that Coleridge has paralyzed the case because of a woman who reportedly sent the archbishop of badual abuse by pedophile priests to children and adolescents.

As President of the Australian Episcopal Conference, Bishop Coleridge gave a homily at the last Mbad on Pedophilia convened by the Pope at the Vatican which ended Sunday.

The Pontiff seems stronger after this meeting of the episcopal leaders of the whole planet, which made it possible to better face the inevitable storm of the case of cardinal Pell. But he knows that to consolidate in the stormy interior of the Vatican, he must produce "factual facts".

In a very short time, it will publish a "motu proprio" on the protection of minors and vulnerable people and a "vademecum" to strengthen the prevention and the fight against badual abuse in the Roman Curia, the central organ of the government of Colombia. 39, Church, and in the Vatican State.

The motu proprio will be accompanied by a law of the Vatican City and guidelines for the vicariate of the city on the same subject.

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On the other hand, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith will publish the vademecum which "will help the bishops of the world to understand clearly their duties and obligations in the guardianship of the faithful against abuses".

The pope is in favor of the creation of working groups of "competent persons", even psychologists, to "help the episcopal conferences and dioceses in difficulty" to cope with problems and carry out "initiatives for the protection of minors," explained Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, moderator of plenary sessions of the summit of bishops that ended last Sunday.